Weed extractor



March 26, 1940. w JOHNSON 2,194,597

WEED EXTRAQTOR Filed May 23, 1 958 Zhwemor: EQg ar W. Johnson,

Gttorueg Patented Mar. 26, 1940 v Y a UNITED STATES OFFICE WEED sxrknnoroa Edgar W. Johnson, Kansas City, Mo. Application May 23, 1938, Serial No. 209,541

1 Claim. (01. 55-l8) My invention relates to a weed extractor and firmly grasped and the cutting edge I2 of the my object is to provide a simple and inexpensive tubular member 4 is placed in position over the manually operated implement designed for use weed and then forced into the soil by pushing in removing weeds from lawns and grass plots,. downward upon the handle until the lower end 5 and is particularly adapted for use in removing of the aperture I4 closely approaches the surface, 5 dandelions and other noxious plants. of the soil. The tool is then rotated axially to The tool or implement includes a handle proloosen the respective lower ends of the core and vided at its lower end with a tubular cutter the'weed from the underlying soil. An upward which is adapted to remove the root along with pull on the handle withdraws the implement from the remainder of the plant. the soil, together with the Weed and the core of 10 Other features will hereinafter appear and in earth in which the root of the weed isembedded. order that the invention may be fully understood The foregoing operation is repeated in extracting reference will now be had to the accompanying other Weeds from the ground. drawing, in which: As'each weed is extracted along with the core Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the device. of earth, the preceding core with its associated 15 Fig. 2 is an enlarged broken front elevation of weed is automatically forced outward through the device. i the aperture i l, the discharge being facilitated Fig. 3 is a section on line 3--3 of Fig. 2 with the by the upward flare of the tapered portion ill of handle in elevation. the tubular member 4 and the tapered lower end In carrying out the invention I provide a handle Id of the handle 2. From the foregoing it will '20 2 preferably made of" wood and provided at. its be understood that the operator will not have to lower end with a rigidly mounted tubular memstop extracting the weeds totake the cores from her A which is preferably stamped from one piece the tubular member 4, and hence will be able to of sheet metal. remove a large number of weeds from a lawn The upper portion of the tubular member d at a small expenditure of time and labor. 25

constitutes a ferrule 5 of uniform diameter While I have shown the preferred form of my throughout its length, into which the lower pordevice I reserve all rights to such other changes tion of the handle 2 snugly fits and is firmly seand modifications as properly fall within the cured by suitable elements such as nails 8. The spirit and scope o t invention as Claimed.

lower portion of the tubular member 4 is tapered -Having thus described my invention, what I 30 downward and terminates in a beveled cutting Claim nd desire to Secure by t s ate t; S edge 52. A tool of the character described comprising a The intermediate portion of the tubular memubu er the upp p rtion of which conber 4 is provided with a longitudinal peripheral stitutes a ferrule of uniform diameter throughaperture M- of approximately elliptical form, the out its length, the remainder of said tubular 35 widest portionr of which is equal, or approximember being downwardly tapered and termimately equal, to the interior diameter of said hating in a beveled cutting edge', a peripheral tubular member so that the core of earth cut aperture of appmx ate y ellip w or in th thereby, as will hereinafter be explained, may forward portion of and intermediate the ends of 40 readily pass outward through said aperture. the tubular member and approximately one-half 40 Handle 2 is made in one piece of uniform dil gt thereof, and a One-piece handle ameter down to the upper end of the aperture l4, cured in the ferrule and of uniform diameter the remainder of said handle tapering downward d w 0 t pp end 0f t Peripheral p u and rearward from said aperture as indicated at the remainder of said handle tapering downward e It, and is almost equal in length to the aperture. and rearward from the aperture and almost 45 Preparatory to extractinga dandelion or other equal in length thereto. V a small weed from the ground, the handle 2 is EDGAR W. JOHNSON. 

